About the job
Managing expenses can often be a convoluted process. At Pleo, we're revolutionizing spend management by creating solutions that streamline financial operations, making them empowering and effective for both finance teams and employees. Our mission is to help businesses 'go beyond' traditional spending methods.
The term 'Pleo' translates to 'more than you'd expect', and this philosophy has guided our success over the past decade.
As we embark on this significant phase of our journey, every decision influences our over 40,000 customers and contributes to our business’s overall achievement. We seek individuals who are passionate about identifying customer needs, simplifying complex challenges, and respectfully challenging the status quo. With our ambitious goals driving us, we recognize that the journey is just as important as the destination.
We are a diverse, progressive team of over 850 individuals from more than 100 nationalities, united in our commitment to transform the future of business spending.
At Pleo, we strive to make spend management surprisingly effective and empowering. Our product is utilized by thousands of companies across Europe, and our design system plays a crucial role in providing a consistent, accessible, and high-quality user experience.
We are looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Design Systems team and help guide the engineering strategy and execution of our design system across both web and mobile platforms.
Responsibilities of the Design Systems Team
- Develop and enhance Telescope, Pleo's design system, including components, patterns, guidelines, and tooling.
- Facilitate faster product delivery by ensuring consistent UI, accessibility, and quality.
- Collaborate with Design and Engineering teams across the organization to promote adoption and improve the contribution experience.
- Manage shared foundations such as tokens, components, documentation, and best practices.
Your Role
As a Staff Tech Lead Engineer in Design Systems, you will act as a force multiplier for product delivery and UI quality across Pleo.
- Define the technical direction for key aspects of Telescope, including architecture, component standards, release practices, and quality benchmarks.
- Enhance our contribution model and optimize team interactions with Design Systems.
- Oversee and refine the request process for the team (triage, prioritization, and expectations).
- Improve the developer and contributor experience through thoughtful enhancements and support.

